Identification apparatus and identification method
First Claim
1. An apparatus for providing a user-interactive interface display regarding at least one vehicle component of a vehicle, the identification apparatus comprising:
- a memory storing a respective data set for each of a plurality of vehicle components and storing a plurality of identifications of respective combinations of multiple ones of the data sets, wherein each of at least a subset of the data sets includes an image of the respective vehicle component with which the data set is associated;
an interface; and
processing circuitry;
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to;
receive via the interface image signals obtained from a camera;
begin a comparison of image data of the image signals with images of the data sets stored in the memory;
identify a subset of the data sets that is each determined in the begun comparison to include an image matching at least a portion of the image data of the received image signals;
determine which of the combinations includes at least a predefined threshold number of data sets of the identified subset of data sets;
use the determined combinations to determine information regarding identification of a model of the vehicle;
based on a result of the determination of the information regarding the identification of the model of the vehicle, continue the comparison of the image data of the image signals, limiting the continuation of the comparison to images of fewer of the data sets;
generate, and output to a display via the interface, the user-interactive interface display including an image included in the received image signals with data from the stored data sets that are identified in the continued comparison overlaid on the image, the overlaid data being graphically associated with respective portions of the displayed image identified as corresponding to a respective one of the at least one vehicle component, wherein each of at least one of the associated portions is a selectable region in response to selection of which additional information of the respective data set whose overlaid data is graphically associated with the respective region.
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Abstract
An identification apparatus for identifying vehicles and/or vehicle components includes: an image signal receiving unit receiving from an image signal source an image signal containing image data of a vehicle and/or of at least one vehicle component; a memory unit storing data of vehicles and/or at least one vehicle component; a comparison unit comparing the image data received with image data of the data sets stored in the memory unit, and to identify those data sets which contain image data that match the received image data; and an image signal data generating unit which generate output image signal data for at least one output image, the output image signal data containing at least a portion of the received image data and data from the data sets stored in the memory unit which have been identified by the comparison unit.
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9 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing a user-interactive interface display regarding at least one vehicle component of a vehicle, the identification apparatus comprising:
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a memory storing a respective data set for each of a plurality of vehicle components and storing a plurality of identifications of respective combinations of multiple ones of the data sets, wherein each of at least a subset of the data sets includes an image of the respective vehicle component with which the data set is associated; an interface; and processing circuitry; wherein the processing circuitry is configured to; receive via the interface image signals obtained from a camera; begin a comparison of image data of the image signals with images of the data sets stored in the memory; identify a subset of the data sets that is each determined in the begun comparison to include an image matching at least a portion of the image data of the received image signals; determine which of the combinations includes at least a predefined threshold number of data sets of the identified subset of data sets; use the determined combinations to determine information regarding identification of a model of the vehicle; based on a result of the determination of the information regarding the identification of the model of the vehicle, continue the comparison of the image data of the image signals, limiting the continuation of the comparison to images of fewer of the data sets; generate, and output to a display via the interface, the user-interactive interface display including an image included in the received image signals with data from the stored data sets that are identified in the continued comparison overlaid on the image, the overlaid data being graphically associated with respective portions of the displayed image identified as corresponding to a respective one of the at least one vehicle component, wherein each of at least one of the associated portions is a selectable region in response to selection of which additional information of the respective data set whose overlaid data is graphically associated with the respective region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
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7. A method for providing a user-interactive interface display regarding at least one vehicle component of a vehicle, wherein a memory stores a respective data set for each of a plurality of vehicle components and storing a plurality of identifications of respective combinations of multiple ones of the data sets, wherein each of at least a subset of the data sets includes an image of the respective vehicle component with which the data set is associated, the method comprising:
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acquiring, by processing circuitry, image signals obtained from a camera; beginning, by the processing circuitry, a comparison, by the processing circuitry, of image data of the image signals with images of data sets stored in a memory that stores a respective data set for each of a plurality of vehicle components and stores a plurality of identifications of respective combinations of multiple ones of the data sets, wherein each of at least a subset of the data sets includes an image of the respective vehicle component with which the data set is associated identifying, by the processing circuitry, a subset of the data sets stored in the memory that is each determined in the begun comparison to include an image of the received image signals; determining, by the processing circuitry, which of the combinations includes at least a predefined threshold number of data sets of the identified subset of data sets; using, by the processing circuitry, the determined combinations to determine information regarding identification of a model of the vehicle; based on a result of the determination of the information regarding the identification of the model of the vehicle, continuing, by the processing circuitry, the comparison of the image data of the image signals, limiting the continuation of the comparison to images of fewer of the data sets; the processing circuitry generating and outputting the user-interactive interface display including an image included in the received image signals with data from the stored data sets that are identified in the continued comparison overlaid on the image, the overlaid data being graphically associated with respective portions of the displayed image identified as corresponding to a respective one of the at least one vehicle component, wherein each of at least one of the associated portions is a selectable region in response to selection of which additional information of the respective data set whose overlaid data is graphically associated with the respective region.
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